Gena Branscombe collection of noncommercial sound recordings [sound recording], Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library

Repository

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Access to materials

Access to original items by permission only. Some items may be available as service copies. Other items which need preservation work may require advance notification for use. Refer to item descriptions in individual catalog records for more information.Restrictions apply

The Gena Branscombe collection contains noncommercial recordings primarily of radio broadcasts made by the Branscombe Choral from 1935-1954, and of works by Gena Branscombe performed by other choral groups, soloists, and instrumentalists. Among the Branscombe Choral broadcasts are a number of works by American composers, including many of Branscombe's own choral arrangements and compositions, many of them first radio performances.

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Scope and arrangement

The Gena Branscombe collection contains noncommercial recordings primarily of radio broadcasts made by the Branscombe Choral from 1935-1954, and of works by Gena Branscombe performed by other choral groups, soloists, and instrumentalists. Among the Branscombe Choral broadcasts are a number of works by American composers, including many of Branscombe's own choral arrangements and compositions, many of them first radio performances.|||The collection also contains a recording of the Branscombe Centennial concert given November 15, 1981 at Barnard Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY.

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Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded SoundNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498Third Floor

Access to materials

Access to original items by permission only. Some items may be available as service copies. Other items which need preservation work may require advance notification for use. Refer to item descriptions in individual catalog records for more information.